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In vitro effects of febrifugine on Schistosoma mansoni adult worms

BACKGROUND: Reports on the antischistosomal effect of several antimalarial drugs such as artesunate, mefloquine, and amodiaquine suggest that febrifugine, which exerts an antimalarial effect, can also be expected to possess antischistosomal potential. The present study investigates the antischistoso...

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Autores principales: Mitsui, Yoshinori, Miura, Mitsumasa, Kato, Kentaro
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7271449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32518498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-020-00230-x
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Miura, Mitsumasa
Kato, Kentaro
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description BACKGROUND: Reports on the antischistosomal effect of several antimalarial drugs such as artesunate, mefloquine, and amodiaquine suggest that febrifugine, which exerts an antimalarial effect, can also be expected to possess antischistosomal potential. The present study investigates the antischistosomal effects of febrifugine. METHODS: In experiment 1, Schistosoma mansoni adult worm pairs were incubated in a medium alone as a control or supplemented with febrifugine at 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.5 μg/ml for 14 days. The morphology of the worms and the egg production of the female worms were observed simultaneously. In experiment 2, the incubation was conducted as in experiment 1, except that the febrifugine concentrations were reduced to 0.005, 0.01, and 0.02 μg/ml. In addition, S. mansoni adult worms were incubated with either 0.5 μg/ml febrifugine or none as a control for 5 days and stained with neutral red dye. RESULTS: Febrifugine significantly reduced the survival of S. mansoni male and female worms at concentrations of 0.02–0.5 μg/ml following incubation for 14 days and remarkably inhibited the daily egg output of the female worms. The non-treated male and female worms remained morphologically normal within the period of 14 days, whereas male and female worms treated with febrifugine at different concentrations gradually twisted and subsequently died. In addition, S. mansoni adult worms were incubated with either 0.5 μg/ml febrifugine or none as a control for 5 days and stained with neutral red dye. Non-treated male worms were morphologically normal and stained dark red with neutral red, while febrifugine-treated male worms appeared similar to those in the control group and were stained at a slightly lower level of dark red than the non-treated male worms. Non-treated female worms were morphologically normal, and their intestinal tract and vitellaria were stained deep red and dark red, respectively. In contrast, febrifugine-treated female worms were morphologically damaged, and their intestinal tract and vitellaria remained mostly unstained and stained dark red, respectively. CONCLUSION: Febrifugine exerts potent antischistosomal effects and can be expected to contribute to the development of a novel antischistosomal drug.
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spelling pubmed-72714492020-06-08 In vitro effects of febrifugine on Schistosoma mansoni adult worms Mitsui, Yoshinori Miura, Mitsumasa Kato, Kentaro Trop Med Health Research BACKGROUND: Reports on the antischistosomal effect of several antimalarial drugs such as artesunate, mefloquine, and amodiaquine suggest that febrifugine, which exerts an antimalarial effect, can also be expected to possess antischistosomal potential. The present study investigates the antischistosomal effects of febrifugine. METHODS: In experiment 1, Schistosoma mansoni adult worm pairs were incubated in a medium alone as a control or supplemented with febrifugine at 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.5 μg/ml for 14 days. The morphology of the worms and the egg production of the female worms were observed simultaneously. In experiment 2, the incubation was conducted as in experiment 1, except that the febrifugine concentrations were reduced to 0.005, 0.01, and 0.02 μg/ml. In addition, S. mansoni adult worms were incubated with either 0.5 μg/ml febrifugine or none as a control for 5 days and stained with neutral red dye. RESULTS: Febrifugine significantly reduced the survival of S. mansoni male and female worms at concentrations of 0.02–0.5 μg/ml following incubation for 14 days and remarkably inhibited the daily egg output of the female worms. The non-treated male and female worms remained morphologically normal within the period of 14 days, whereas male and female worms treated with febrifugine at different concentrations gradually twisted and subsequently died. In addition, S. mansoni adult worms were incubated with either 0.5 μg/ml febrifugine or none as a control for 5 days and stained with neutral red dye. Non-treated male worms were morphologically normal and stained dark red with neutral red, while febrifugine-treated male worms appeared similar to those in the control group and were stained at a slightly lower level of dark red than the non-treated male worms. Non-treated female worms were morphologically normal, and their intestinal tract and vitellaria were stained deep red and dark red, respectively. In contrast, febrifugine-treated female worms were morphologically damaged, and their intestinal tract and vitellaria remained mostly unstained and stained dark red, respectively. CONCLUSION: Febrifugine exerts potent antischistosomal effects and can be expected to contribute to the development of a novel antischistosomal drug. BioMed Central 2020-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7271449/ /pubmed/32518498 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-020-00230-x Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Kato, Kentaro
In vitro effects of febrifugine on Schistosoma mansoni adult worms
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title_fullStr In vitro effects of febrifugine on Schistosoma mansoni adult worms
title_full_unstemmed In vitro effects of febrifugine on Schistosoma mansoni adult worms
title_short In vitro effects of febrifugine on Schistosoma mansoni adult worms
title_sort in vitro effects of febrifugine on schistosoma mansoni adult worms
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7271449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32518498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-020-00230-x
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